That little puppy pic is so cute. No way could I imagine someone doing that to any animal..it is so maddening. I love that you kept your porch kitten and gave her a home. My house has been and is filled with pets no one wanted anymore, or they had defects that the 'breeder' (I use that word with sorrow) judged as being worthless and was literally leaving the poor pup in a cage in the back when people came to look at the 'perfect' pups. (that is my Jackson, my little Papillion) he is pretty much blind and only has a few teeth and has had to have surgery on his deformed jaw in order to close his mouth properly. He is only 6 years old and although I don't know how long we will have him he has my heart. I love him so much, he has such joy and a happy joyful nature. Iggy my little mixed up dog (pom? Chihuahua ? mix) I found on the side of the road miles from any home or anything. he was shaking, scared to death, completely running with fleas, full of worms, not altered but had a retained testicle, his privates were full of an infection, his 'sack' was the size of an orange so he could barely walk, he had dew claws down to the ground and all turned into the pads of his feet along with severely overgrown nails. It took me half an hour on my hands and knees on the side of the road to get him to come to me..(bacon from a sandwich finally worked) The vet did most of the work for free to get him healthy, a good bath and good food and he is good as new. He is a wonderful little dog that someone obviously dumped on the side of the road. We also have a border collie/shepherd mix that the police chief of our town brought to me and my daughter, she was so abused she could not be handled by men or anyone in a uniform, he knows we take hard to place/handle dogs. She has been our biggest challenge. Doggy obedience classes, drugs to calm her down (at first) no longer, but even though I didn't like to use doggy Prozac..this dog needed it. After 4 years she will let my husband touch her and walk her, she is my daughter's shadow. She is the most wonderful gentle loving dog, she is protective and we are careful when new people come over. She likes to 'pin' people she is unsure of and she can do that with just a stare. As soon as we tell her okay..leave off..she lets them 'go'. She has saved my daughter from a creepy man trying to get through our gate onto our property even though it is padlocked and clearly marked no trespassing. He was telling my daughter who was in the yard to come get the gate open, he wanted to 'show her something' She told him no and he started climbing the gate until Maggie came around the corner at full speed and alert. Maggie in working mode is an interesting sight and quite terrifying if you are on the business end..lol..he climbed back off the fence..I was on my way home when this happened I called the police..they met me by my home because I saw him walking up the road. Well the town had been having complaints all day about this guy and they gave him a trip out of town. (He had a license to come into our town to sell security systems for this fly by night company and was going around showing people how easy it was to get onto or break into their houses)...yes that is the truth. Well we do have an electronic security system, and we have Maggie, I will love Maggie forever, in my eyes who knows what that man would have done if he had gotten all the way onto the property. We saved her and she save us..
